The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-05
MUNTOIPAL sUFFRAGE

If the following from the Wichita
Eagle can be credited, the woman suf-
frage law is having it's effect even in
that wicked city, and the day of open
| saloons is about numbered:
Last night was big night for the
| joints. They were running with "throt-
tie wide opens and it seems that there
were a good many throttles on deck. 1t
the joints were. The stairway was
more brilliantly lighted than usual; the
| inpouring but not outpouring crowd
was dryer than usual, and even before
| reaching the bar seemed to talk in an
mated tones. Itwould not have taken
an expert newspaper man to have
caught on to the fact that something
stirring" was in the wind. This
would have been the natural conclusion
of a deaf man, and if he had not been
disabled in that manner he would have
detected that the leading topic on the
streets was about the ''jOints closing"
The canse for this disseminating of
business was variously stated.
Some claimed that but day or two
ago two men arrived in the city who
were agents, it may be termed, of the
attorney general of the state, who
were making the visit for the purpose
of making a report concerning the
Joint question. AS a result of their
the attorney general, the city govern
ment has given out the imperative
command to close the joints this morn
ing. An old time jOintist stated last
night that he had been notified by
the police to sell nothing after last
night. The word was ''stop" and
stop it was under all circumstances.
If he or anyone else ventured to DISC
hey this order they would be given pun
ishment to the full extent of the law
and pulled every fifteen minutes if they
were not in Jail or ont top of rock pile.
He expressed it as his intention to shop
and take vacation" at least. Pos
sibly he might join the California eX-
cursiOn.
It seemed to be the jointist's opinion
that an end was bound to come and if
the city did not give the command halt
it would be given from the state au-
thority and that would be by far more
Objectionable than to quit at the bid
ding of the city. He did not relish the
idea of a metropolitan police. Thought
it would be a stigma on the city for the
word to go abroad that Wichita could
not govern herself in that particular.
In the same number of the Eagle
THAI COuIdlHcu IHo dUONo WAS Iuo IOI-
lowing editorial on the Murray liquor
law. 1t will be observed by our read
ers that this is about the same position
as that taken by the Republican of this
city. The above article, taken in con-
nection with the following, will show
clearly where the shoe pinches:
The w. C. T. u. and not few ex-
treme prohibition lights and organs are
squealing because conscientious, hon.
orable druggists will make no effort to
procure a permit under the Murray
law, passed last winter. Some of the
papers declare that the druggists are
refusing as mere spitework. We guess
not. A man who is in the legitimate
drug business cannot afford to sell one
drop of liquor under that Murray law.
All of its provisions are humiliating
and degrading to the mind of any hon
orable or right-thinking man. The law
holds every druggist to be depraved
villain, destitute of decency and devoid
of judgment.